ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,162, issued on May 13, was assigned to GALVANI BIOELECTRONICS Ltd. (Stevenage, Great Britain).
"Methods to reduce flashes on electrodes" was invented by Cindy Au (Brentford, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for use in making an electrode assembly (20) comprises the steps of applying an electrode (24) on a first layer of material (22); laser welding a lead (23) to the electrode; applying an adhesive backfill (26) over the electrode and the lead; and applying a second layer of material (28) over the adhesive backfill and a portion of the first layer to prevent a leakage path between the electrode and the second lay...